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Stiig Markager

Stiig Markager

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
45
Citations
11946
World Ranking
6259
National Ranking
85

Stiig Markager publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stiig Markager sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 126 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Stiig Markager D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stiig Markager sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stiig Markager is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research predominantly focuses on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Markager's work extensively covers topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, methane hydrates and related phenomena, cryospheric studies and observations, water quality monitoring and analysis, marine biology and ecology research, and isotope analysis in ecology.

The scientist has published research in various venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability

Among Markager's recent papers are:

  • "Nitrogen in the Baltic Sea: Long-term trends, a budget and decadal time lags in responses to declining inputs" (2021) published in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "Pigment signatures of algal communities and their implications for glacier surface darkening" (2022) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Suitability of multisensory satellites for long-term chlorophyll assessment in coastal waters: A case study in optically-complex waters of the temperate region" (2021) published in Ecological Indicators
  • "Exploratory study of the Sentinel-3 level 2 product for monitoring chlorophyll-a and assessing ecological status in Danish seas" (2023) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Will low primary production rates in the Amundsen Basin (Arctic Ocean) remain low in a future ice-free setting, and what governs this production?" (2020) published in Journal of Marine Systems

Frequent coauthors in Markager's research include:

  • Mikael K. Sejr
  • Daniel F. Carlson
  • Lorenz Meire
  • Urs A. Treier
  • Sanjina Upadhyay Stæhr

Best Publications

  • Tracing dissolved organic matter in aquatic environments using a new approach to fluorescence spectroscopy

    Colin A Stedmon;Stiig Markager;Rasmus Bro

  • Resolving the variability in dissolved organic matter fluorescence in a temperate estuary and its catchment using PARAFAC analysis

    Colin A. Stedmon;Stiig Markager

  • Tracing the production and degradation of autochthonous fractions of dissolved organic matter by fluorescence analysis

    Colin A. Stedmon;Stiig Markager

  • Optical properties and signatures of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in Danish coastal waters

    Colin A. Stedmon;S. Markager;H. Kaas

  • Bioenergy potential of Ulva lactuca: biomass yield, methane production and combustion.

    Annette Bruhn;Jonas Dahl;Henrik Bangsø Nielsen;Lars Nikolaisen

  • Depth limits and minimum light requirements of freshwater macrophytes

    Anne Lise Middelboe;Stiig Markager

  • Global trends in the fluorescence characteristics and distribution of marine dissolved organic matter

    Linda Jørgensen;Linda Jørgensen;Colin A. Stedmon;Theis Kragh;Stiig Markager

  • Photochemical production of ammonium and transformation of dissolved organic matter in the Baltic Sea

    Colin A. Stedmon;Stiig Markager;Lars Tranvik;Leif Kronberg

  • Spectral light attenuation and the absorption of UV and blue light in natural waters

    Stiig Markager;Warwick F. Vincent

  • Global distribution of dissolved organic matter along the aquatic continuum: Across rivers, lakes and oceans

    Philippe Massicotte;Eero Asmala;Colin Stedmon;Stiig Markager

  • Recovery of Danish Coastal Ecosystems After Reductions in Nutrient Loading: A Holistic Ecosystem Approach

    Bo Riemann;Jacob Carstensen;Karsten Dahl;Henrik Fossing

  • The optics of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the Greenland Sea: An algorithm for differentiation between marine and terrestrially derived organic matter

    Colin Stedmon;S. Markager

  • Behaviour of the optical properties of coloured dissolved organic matter under conservative mixing

    C.A. Stedmon;S. Markager

  • Carbon-to-chlorophyll ratio for phytoplankton in temperate coastal waters: Seasonal patterns and relationship to nutrients

    Hans H. Jakobsen;Stiig Markager

  • Light requirements and depth zonation of marine macroalgae

    S. Markager;K. Sand-Jensen

  • Significant N 2 fixation by heterotrophs, photoheterotrophs and heterocystous cyanobacteria in two temperate estuaries

    Mikkel Bentzon-Tilia;Sachia J. Traving;Mustafa Mantikci;Helle Knudsen-Leerbeck

  • Modeling absorption by CDOM in the Baltic Sea from season, salinity and chlorophyll

    Piotr Kowalczuk;Colin A. Stedmon;Stiig Markager

  • Coastal eutrophication and the Danish National Aquatic Monitoring and Assessment Program

    Daniel J. Conley;Stiig Markager;Jesper Andersen;Thomas Ellermann

  • Dissolved organic matter (DOM) export to a temperate estuary: seasonal variations and implications of land use

    Colin A. Stedmon;Stiig Markager;Morten Søndergaard;Torben Vang

  • Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 3

    Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

  • Practical guidelines for the analysis of seawater

    Stiig Markager

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin A. Stedmon
Colin A. Stedmon Technical University of Denmark
Benni Winding Hansen
Benni Winding Hansen Roskilde University
Peter A. Staehr
Peter A. Staehr Aarhus University
Kaj Sand-Jensen
Kaj Sand-Jensen University of Copenhagen
Jacob Carstensen
Jacob Carstensen Aarhus University
Mikael K. Sejr
Mikael K. Sejr Aarhus University
Morten Søndergaard
Morten Søndergaard University of Copenhagen
Marianne Holmer
Marianne Holmer University of Southern Denmark
Dorte Krause-Jensen
Dorte Krause-Jensen Aarhus University
Warwick F. Vincent
Warwick F. Vincent Université Laval

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